How I Lost 130 Pounds - The Cog is Dead [ADHD + Impulsive Eating Habits]
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- After a lifetime of struggling with my weight and eating habits, I finally managed to create a healthy relationship with food and more balance in my life!
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There's always a great achievement in defeating our own weakness. I'm on the way, just 15kg more to loose and I'm done. Worst part is to keep stress eating away.
I can't even begin to tell how much I identified with the struggles to keep everything in your life attended and in order. Beyond the physical transformation, I feel inspired and proud of the way you managed to change your way of thinking and your life too. Congratulations and many thanks for becoming (once again, hehe) my personal hero. Love you, John ❤
John,
Thank you so much for sharing this transformation and how you did it. At 65, I myself am needing to make some significant changes in my life. I bookmarked this vid in my laptop for future need. Also glad to know your going to be around and performing a lot longer!
This has really put a lot into perspective for me as well, though I have autism rather than ADHD. I actually started dieting recently again and I'm going to try to take some of these points to heart while I do so. Thanks for the inspiration!
Wow! I didn't even recognize you at first. I've been a fan of The Cog is Dead for a while now, so this blew me away.
This video and your story are so interesting! I myself have been diagnosed with ADHD since childhood. I didn't struggle with weight back then, but I was also on Ritalin until my late teens (One of its side effects is reducing appetite but of course also the desired effects reduce impulsivity).
Once I stopped the medication I started gaining weight and I hadn't really stopped till a year ago. The relationship you had with food just fit my own perfectly. I have struggled with this so long and didn't understand it at all.
I did lose 10kg this last year and that worked probably because I had an inkling of that knowledge you just unloaded unto me in this video given to me by friends. I started using a timer for eating, having to take at least a certain time to eat and combined this with working out. It did work but it felt so slow and it wasn't really consistent since I couldn't do it all the time. Also just now I was at my parents during Christmas time, falling back into old habits and wondering why I couldn't moderate there at all, even if I tried.
This video just put it all together for me.
Now it makes sense how I lost weight, yet struggled with eating at my parents.
I got the slow eating before, the trying to savour each bite, but I still had this need to finish the food and get more, especially when confronted with my parents cooking!
I never made the connection with actually listening to my real hunger and not eating emotionally.
I never got to actually changing my relationship with food.
So I will now try to combine these things, learn to apply them and I really hope I can make a change.
Thank you so much for opening my eyes to this!
I hope you continue to enjoy your improved life and I wish you health and happiness!
Thanks so much for sharing your personal experiences!
I relate VERY much with everything you said. I was also on Ritalin until my early teens. It's been so long since I've taken it that I don't fully remember the effects, but as a creative person I realized at some point that I just didn't fully feel like "myself" when I was on it and made the decision to stop.
It's very cool to hear that you've had similar success with a similar approach to eating! And I relate 100% to feeling like you need to finish your plate, and wanting to get more. I was told to "slow down" many times in my life, but no one ever really explained how true hunger and fullness should feel, and so since I was so impulsive I just overindulged all the time.
I hope you're able to find more success if you give it a try! One of the most important things I finally learned this past year is to stop beating myself up if I don't do things perfectly all the time. I always convinced myself that I was doomed to fail because every time I would fall off a diet or gain weight it would just reinforce in my mind that I was a failure and would never be able to do it. But now I'm focused on staying consistent rather than expecting perfection. NO ONE is perfect, and we're all going to have good days and bad days. But if I have one meal - or even a few - where I slip up eat more than I intended... IT'S OK! Or if I don't have time to walk one day, or even for a week, it doesn't mean that I've undone all the progress I've made or that I should give up. I'm not trying to do a temporary diet or reach a certain weight by a certain date... I'm making a lifestyle change for the sake of my health and working on developing healthier long-term habits. And as long as I keep things in balance and don't revert to my old habits or old way of thinking I will keep making progress! I've been able to keep it up for a year, and this is the first time I've felt like mentally I've made a permanent change that I'll be able to maintain long-term!
Wishing you all the best! Thanks again for the comment! ^_^
Hey bud! Congrats on the weight loss! Admittedly, I haven't yet watched the whole video yet (it's 12 in the morning so I'm hitting the sack!) but I just wanted to drop a comment real quick! I'm happy to see your success so far and hope you're able to get the body you want; after all, good health will hopefully mean many more years of awesome music! I've been a fan and listening since 2014, and hope to be doing the same in 2054! Keep it up; We're all pulling for you!
btw, while your new stuff is still great, Depths Below is still absolutely my favorite song of yours!
Dude that's awesome, I'm super happy for you! I had a similar experience. I lost somewhere in the realm of 70 lbs by just becoming a different person. I didn't start actively measuring till I was down to 254lbs. I was an active guy most of my life and like you I liked to eat. I wasn't conscious of the fact that I was eating more than I needed to, and I never actually thought of myself as fat. I would see photos of myself and get confused why the guy in the photo looked so gross. I do remember laying in bed one night and feeling this weird pressure on my stomach, only to realize it was gravity and my stomach was lifting the blanket so it hung differently on me. But still I never thought of myself as fat. I just knew I was unhappy.
My solution was to become a different guy. I used to be the guy who would get off work and play video games. to order the largest pizza I thought I could possibly eat. I had heard about Brazilian Jiu Jitsu on podcasts, but it seemed like something rich people did, seems silly now but I just didn't take the idea seriously. A new guy joined my office, we hit it off and he told me he trained BJJ, he was a bit of a cocky bastard about it to, and I thought, if this guy can do it, I can definitely do it (love you Zac!) and I looked up BJJ in my area.
Turns out there were a bunch and I checked out a couple. The one I ended up at is actually primarily a judo gym, which is an anomaly in BJJ gyms, but not knowing anything about either of them, I decided to give them both a try. Turns out I really liked them. I also made friends with the people at the gym, it's a small group, we all know each other. It became my nearly nightly after work ritual, mondays through thursdays and then on saturdays, there were classes being held on judo or BJJ. I also had a roommate who was having a girl over often. So I had reason to not stay home.
The gym's manager also trains Body Builders, after I attended classes there for a few months he invited me to train with them. I resisted at first, it sounded expensive, but I decided to try sober october, because it sounded like a challenge and I was starting to suspect I was developing a substance abuse habit. I decided to take the money I saved on booze and drugs and get one month of personal training. It was nice, I felt good about being someone who worked out with a trainer. About two weeks in, he tells me about this guy he saw who competed in a body building show who had no business being there, kinda chubby really, and he got dead last. My trainer talked to him backstage and it turns out he was just celebrating losing a hundred pounds. I thought that sounded cool. So I became someone who was training to be a bodybuilder.
Everyone in my life was kinda surprised, it wasn't something anyone would expect me to do. I trained all year, I meal planned, I stopped going out to eat to the point where a restaurant marks a significant occasion. It was also right when the pandemic hit, so that probably contributed. My internet rabbit hole of choice became bodybuilder channels. Talking about working out and what they ate. I learned about macronutrients and started seeing food in calorie count. I decided I wanted to get jacked.
I did compete in that bodybuilding show, and I wasn't even last place! I had successfully become a bodybuilder. I also practiced judo and BJJ through all of this, a little bit of boxing in there too. Now I'm a Brown Belt in Judo, a Blue Belt in BJJ and I competed in two more bodybuilding shows. I think I'm done with the shows for now, their kinda expensive and I'm not that good. Also the dieting to 10% bodyfat sucks and I can never consume beer. I'm currently walking around 200 very comfortably, and I enjoy about three drinks in a week. On normal weeks. I also joined up with an english folk dancing group as a Morris dancer, being with those people often brings me in contact with beer.
So similar to what you said, I learned how to notice when I was full and how to think in terms of nutrients. I generally eat what I want and I cook as much of my own food as I can. I do go out sometimes, and I don't worry about calories on anything that serves as a feat day. But I do think about everything I eat and how it would make me feel down the line and the bodybuilding made me very consious of calories. I do still lift several times a week, that brings me joy. Oh and the judo competitions have weight classes so I think about staying close to a reasonable fighting weight, 198 lbs for me.
I like this life better than getting high eating and watching tv.
Congrats again on your transformation. Enjoy it!
Wow.. Congrats man !!! That is such an amazing and inspiring story and I hope you are so proud of yourself as you have accomplished something some us only dream of !! You are a champ, good job for being there for you 💗 Jesus loves u
I dont know about ADHD, but I think I may have had some things that forced me to rely on food for comfort. I REALLY want to try out what you did, but i still cant quite find the motivation to do it, even knowing that it would be strictly a very good thing. I'm super glad you made it work out and shared how it worked for you. Thanks a lot. Hoping i find the motivation to do what you did, Im super glad for you.
As a stocky 17 year old you don't know how much this information helped me and ill definitely try this out first thing tomorrow morning and thank you for being such a supportive loving person and thanks for sharing your story and im so happy that you don't have these struggles anymore and i hope you have a great rest of your day 👍
Thank you so much, I'm glad you've found it helpful. One other thing I'd like to mention is that it's no important NOT to expect perfection from yourself but instead to just focus on staying consistent. Some days can be harder than others depending on how we feel, and it can be easy to get discouraged if we don't immediately see a change on the scale or our weight starts fluctuating. Those are normal parts of the journey, but if you can remember not to beat yourself up and keep in mind that this is a positive change of habit for a better quality of life it helps to avoid getting discouraged. In the past when I dieted I always had a goal weight and got frustrated when I didn't see the progress I wanted, or I'd get mad at myself for making mistakes. This time I didn't set a goal weight for myself, I just focused on making positive change for myself. I hope that helps. 😁
Super proud of you dude! Due to a combination of mental and physical issues I'm currently near 375. I'm hoping to find some ideas to help me.
Also, I had a very similar experience. Had a wonderful life with minimal issues but I just could never control myself. I've eaten so much that I passed out. I've eaten third, fourth, fifth, and more helpings. I tried keto(at my doctor's recommendation) which failed so hard that I gained nearly 70 pounds. The thing I'm currently trying is eating the same stuff except exclusively the healthy amount. I've only been trying for 3 days so no real progress yet.
I'm lucky my blood pressure(and similar) has always been pretty good.
Sadly my body is built against exercise. Moving too much causes stress and high stress can literally make me unable to walk which would be a horrid thing to happen in the middle of a walk. I'm still trying to find something that works for me exercise-wise.
Also super jealous for you getting a treadmill! I know treadmills do actually help me walk more sadly the last treadmill I had was roughly 50 years old and stopped working completely.
Oh final thing I wanna say is that my doctor said "At this point the only way you'll lose weight is to eat exclusively meat and vegetables." which I've tried and it didn't work so thanks!
Oh and I lied I also agree with the slowing down. I did that minutes ago and I literally had to stop talking to focus on not eating too fast.
As a random stranger who’s read your words, I’ll be cheering you on! It’ll be hard, but you can do it!
Thank you for this and the interactions with chat during the premiere. You are an inspiration.
Thank you so much! It was a pleasure getting to chat with you and everyone else during the premiere!
I am so glad you shared your story. So much of it mirrors my own struggles. You are now an inspiration to others.
Your music has been a constant source of motivation for dealing with my mental health glad to hear you will be keeping your self around longer, congratulations on your journey. Love you man
Congratulations! Way to be an inspiration for many!
Thank you for sharing your story with us! It’s great to hear such a positive story.
Oh that's amazing, so glad to hear
Congratulations on the weight loss! You continue to be an inspiration to us all. Keep up the good work! 🙂
Thanks for the video, John. You're looking fantastic.
Thank you so much!
Oh man, was this relatable! I found myself nodding along and agreeing with pretty much every word. Pretty sure I could write my story and just copy and paste most of this and change a few details. I even got my wife a silver KitchenAid stand mixer for Christmas this year (which she loves, by the way)!
This makes my heart feel so full seeing you achieve your goals and to find true contentment when it comes to food. I genuinely wish you the very best as you continue on your journey.
Thank you for sharing!
This speaks to me on such a basic level. Thank you for sharing.
I remember hearing people say slow down when eating and never understood what they meant but I’ve never thought about it like this, thank you so much Sprocket keep being an amazing person
Proud of seeing how far ya came from back then till now.
This video came out at just the right time; one of my major goals for 2024 is to lose weight and get healthier. Thank you so much for sharing your story, John, and for giving me a healthy dose (pun intended) of motivation! 😊
congratulations on the weight lose and thank you for sharing your story, as someone in the midst of losing weight myself (started at 425lb currently down to 292lb) its great to hear
I am proud to know that you have taken a big step in your life, nwn). I hope you've been well these past few months. As someone who also often has impulses to eat or chew for pleasure due to ADHD, it's good to know that you managed to 'grab the reins' and can now follow a new path. Greetings from Chile!
(I really like your music and I hope you continue to achieve your goals and objectives. You inspire me a whole lot! >■
John is truly a hero.
Rock on man, im proud of you
Wow, what a transformation 😮
LOVED the video! Thank you for sharing this journey. It's impressive to witness the changes in your life and see how the human body adapts and improves according to everyday habits, you LOOKIN GOOD MAN!! 💪(THERE IS HOPE FOR *EVERYONE* WHO HAS A GOAL AND PUT THEIR MINDS TO IT)
You're not just a talented artist, but a super smart, creative, and strong man, a true SteamPunk Warrior! Despite being a longtime fan of your music, I had no idea you were the voice actor for BRAWL AND CLASH! Me and my friends always mimic the electro wizard voice LOL, it's mind blowing to know it was YOU HAHA. I even watched the voice actors' video and never realized it was you.
Your reflections on your life's mindset, guiding you through both accomplishments and challenges like overeating, brought to my mind a quote by Joseph Murphy: "Your subconscious mind is like a garden; when you plant seeds in your subconscious mind, it will grow them into fruition regardless of whether those seeds are positive or negative."(You directed your mind to the good fruits and tamed the Dragon like Valerie haha)
Much love for you man! May this new year and all the next ones, be filled of everything charming! We'll always be here, awaiting for more of your great content
Thank you! Yeah, the human body is amazing! It's been wild seeing how well our bodies respond to positive changes and treating them better.
Very cool that you're a Clash Royale fan as well! Haha, it's always fun when I find out that someone is a fan of The Cog is Dead and Clash Royale, and then they learn that I'm in both! I feel like I lead two different lives. The steampunk musician is Superman and the voice actor is Clark Kent... probably just because I wear glasses when not in my steampunk attire, haha!
Thanks so much for the kind words! I hope you have a fantastic year, as well!
Thank you for sharing your journey with us. I definitely will check out the links. Maybe I can motivate my fat ass to keep losing. I too have never been thin and have struggled for decades. Glad you have succeeded and hope you live long and prosper!🖖
Thank you so much for sharing this. You're kind of like my Kevin Smith in a way now. I was listening to your band getting motivation to clean while my ADHD was simultaneously trying to get me to do other things. After the last song ended, this video popped up. I work in the Health industry and the doctor I work for very much preaches food is medicine however the focus is always on what you eat. I eat healthy but I'm still bigger... likely because I eat very fast, I don't savor and I do eat until I'm in food coma. When I don't eat like that, I feel great and often I would just correlate it to what I was eating, not how I was eating. So I'm changing that as of now.
Also that advice of asking a thin person and watching them and how they eat.... my partner is a very thin person. I'll offer him something to try and he'll say no. I can't imagine that as somebody who's always like yes I'll try this! So I guess another big step is actually saying no. Maybe grab that thing and save it for later if it is something I do actually want to try.
On that note, the video has ended, my kitchen is now clean, and I'm going to go grab my exercise bike out of the basement and bring it into the front room where I can ride it while folding socks because it's one of those exercise bikes with a desk.
Aw, thank you so much! I'm really happy to hear that the music helps you when you are cleaning! I do that as well, I have to have my headphones on blasting my favorite music while cleaning in order to stay productive and not get too distracted or bored. Glad to be able to help in that way! ☺
I'm glad that the video was inspirational for you, as well! Yeah, being a fast eater plus having ADHD with extreme impulsivity made it really easy for me to eat myself into a food coma all the time, haha! It's been really nice being less lethargic and having more focus since I started eating more mindfully and not stuffing myself. I have a feeling if you try it for a bit you may notice similar benefits. Thanks so much for the comment and for sharing!
Okay so it's been a month Since you responded and I just wanted to say... I already lost like 15-20 lbs. This video really was that inspirational and my eating has gotten way better. I eat slower, I don't eat until I'm full.... I don't think I've had food coma since. Oddly enough somehow I think it also helped with my executive function because I've even been finding that I've been better at oral care because my focus really has been better and I've been improving at sticking to Routines. It also helps that my partner gets on me about it and reminds me, haha. Still often lack energy to do things but I don't think that's necessarily related and I think that's a bigger health issue that I need to get addressed. But I Am overall feeling better! I even got an oura ring recently so I can better track the calories I burned and hopefully seeing the data presented in front of me is gonna help me stick to workout Routines. But the Basic of being mindful about how I eat... Was so important. Thank you a million times. Hopefully someday you tour near me so I can actually thank you in person!
Eyy congrats! Thats huge.
I'm impressed. I just got here from your newest video and I thought "he's looking great".
By the way, you are powerful 💪Keep it up, greetings from Mexico 🗣️🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽
If I'd known then how my life would be now I'd be healthier, maybe.. 😁 Well done, sir, and carry on being your excellent self 🫰🏻🖖🏼👍🏻
Good on ya, ate ad just In time for the (Ealry) New Years celebration!
An amazingly interesting video. And made me realise, as the only times I've compulsively eaten is when I'm seriously depressed. And I've always acknowledged it and changed it. That the rest of the time I've just automatically listened to my hunger. My partner has ADHD (diagnosed at 31, a year and a bit ago) nearly 3 years in to our relationship and i thought he knew he had it but didnt want to tell me early on and then it just became a this is who he is so he was taken a back by my lack of shock😅.so we're both still learning what works best for him. Boredom eats. And although he's never been over weight. He'll back and forth on a beer belly and be annoyed with himself about it. I told him about this and he's finally acknowledged its stimulation. And also understood why I leave half a meal uneaten or, to his confusion, 99% of the time say no to the suggestion of snacks.
He's also super stoked to see another person he admires has ADHD. Because he is constantly battling with the demons of 'you're a failure, you can't do this you can't do that.' However much I tell him we are a partnership, we both have strengths and weaknesses and things he struggles with I excel at and vice versa. So we just pick up what the other can't do. It's never an issue and will never be something I chide him for.
But seeing people with adhd speak openly and also be successful at what they love really picks him up. And shows him it isn't something that's wrong with him. It's something he has and he just needs to team up with it and be comfortable to admit if something is a struggle for him. And that I with no adhd struggle with things too. And that's OK.
I really enjoyed watching this and his eyes lit up with revelation.
So truly, thank you from us both and congratulations on your achievement and happiness. ❤
Thank you so much for sharing that! I love that you were aware of his ADHD before he was and were so understanding! And it's also really interesting hearing the relationship dynamic between a person with ADHD and a person without it. My wife also has ADHD but didn't know until just over a year ago. Two people with ADHD who don't quite understand it well, or even know that they both have it, can lead to a lot of frustrating situations. We now understand each other SO much better, and it's helped us understand our behaviors and emotional reactions to things that seemed illogical before.
I'm very happy to hear that the video was encouraging to him! I know the feeling. Learning that people I look up to and admire also deal with similar struggles and feelings is so helpful and has helped me to understand that I'm not an idiot or a failure. Even though I haven't lived with crippling depression, every time I tried and failed at losing weight I would continue to have those same feelings. "You're a failure. You're an idiot. You'll never be good enough. You're broken." Understanding the reasons WHY I struggle with these things, and learning that it's so common and that millions of others struggle with the same issues helped me to finally realize that I'm NOT broken. There are different types of people in this world. Just like there there are so many different types of bodies, there are also different types of BRAINS! And this is just the type of person that I am! And now that I have the resources to understand what type of person I am, I can better understand how to navigate a world that was largely designed from people who differ from me. ^_^
Thanks again for your comment! Apologies for taking a few days to respond. I saw the comment but wanted to make sure I had time to sit down and reply. If I'd written a hasty response when I first saw it I would have never remembered to write a more heartfelt reply. Managing that ADHD, hehe.
Fantastic! 👏
Looking good buddy 😀
This video has given me some good things to think about, but I've been running into the issues that I can't keep food in the house because nothing sounds good to eat, and letting food start to rot gives me this horrific phobic response. And now I'm letting myself go for hours at a 1 because figuring out something to eat is awful. Then when I do get something it's far food and terrible for me and all I can do to not binge. I have absolutely lost track of being able to "hear" the hunger signals. Then if I do have, like, protein bars in the house I'm eating them wherever I'm bored.
My mom at one point was almost 500 pounds, but once a nurse once said, "The only way you lose weight is with surgery,"
And my mom got so mad that as of right now, she lost almost 200 pounds without any surgerys
Be excellent always! 👍🏻
Excellent video! I chuckle because I was recently kicking myself for having eaten too much recently at an Olive Garden.
I eat when I'm hungry
I eat when it's TIME to eat or when I think it's time to eat
I eat to get out of the house
I eat when I'm stressed
I eat when I'm bored
I eat what's given to me, or what's there (even if I know it's more than I need / or even want)
In short, I eat too much, too often, too fast
So yeah, I do relate.
Maybe I can apply your story to my own weight loss journey!
Thanks, Luc! Yep, you sound very much like me! 100%. If you give it a shot I'd love to know how you do with it, and feel free to ask questions along the way. I'm no expert, but I can share from what I've experienced. ^_^
I met you and your beautiful wife at an outdoor concert in Virginia. I had to look twice at the video - the voice was there but not the face. I am glad that you are well and that you have made a very healthy choice. We as fans want to see you around for a long time. Keep up the good work - and no, a blender is not a bad gift. Always nice to receive something that you wanted. Give your wife a hug. Hope to met again.
Thank you so much, I really appreciate that! I want to stick around for a long time, and I'm really glad to be feeling so much better these days. Thanks very much, I'll be sure to give her a hug for you! I hope to see you again at some point! 😁
Awesome dude. I can relate. I was about 150 kg at my heaviest. I’m at 105 now. Took me a while to lose weight as I would comfort eat and that would make me depressed which in turn would make me eat more to cheer me up. Wasn’t till I changed my eating habits that I started to lose weight. Started going to the gym.
good on you.
Just saw the pizza and cafeteria tray, which is the same I had in elementary school. how old are ya John? Again congrats on the weight loss and glad you are well.
Haha, I'm 37. So those are the school lunches I remember from public school in Florida in the 90s. And thank you!
It was a long video, yes, but it didn’t drag. First off, I agree that this isn’t a judgment on the physical state of others. Fat, skinny, whatever, should not be a topic of conversation unless it’s a practical and respectful one.
But plenty of us want to lose weight. I have lots of reasons. I’m 51 and I have issues with my upper and lower back, neck, feet, knees, my freaking left elbow… I can’t help thinking that being 250 lbs, even at 5’8”, isn’t helping. It’s still more weight than I want or need. Just picking up a 5 lb weight and feeling how much it adds tells me how much even a little weight loss would improve my comfort levels.
Appearance would only be a bonus… I’ve tried tailoring clothes but I just have no gift for fashion so I have accepted the fact that I’m not gonna be the person who revolutionizes fat couture. Sorry, everyone, I really wanted to, but I’d need Garanimals for grownups just to match separates so my efforts are just too mentally exhausting. As long as t-shirts go with jeans and sneakers, I’ll have a wardrobe…
What I loved about this video is that it contains something no doctor or fitness guru has ever offered us… the perspective of an ADHD weight loss journey. I’m sure they think we all run around too much to keep weight on but they’re wrong, aren’t they? Sometimes we get caught up in something and forget to eat then eat more than we need because we think we need it, and a lot of other bad stuff.
I understand wanting the treadmill… with my health issues, I asked for a recumbent stationary bike for my last birthday and my husband couldn’t believe I really wanted it. I may struggle to make time for it but I want it, yes. I also wouldn’t mind a nicer stand mixer but I doubt he’d believe that either… anyway, I want something that can be used as impulsively as any other thing that I do. I feel like that’s the only way I’ll exercise at all.
And you’ve actually given me some hope, John. I have actually told doctors I wanted to lose weight and they do NOTHING to help. One told me to eat 3/4 of what I’d been eating. This came out of nowhere so she had no idea what I’d been eating in the first place and it felt very judgy. Another just mentioned the hospital weight loss program. I thought, great, a hospital led program, this must mean that I’ll have knowledgeable medical guidance while trying to improve eating habits until I develop a sustainable healthy lifestyle, right? Nah, man, it was basically Weight Watchers or Jenny Craig, buy our premade meal bundle and throw in some broccoli and attend meetings until you’re thin. So I didn’t sign up for that.
What I can do is start paying better attention. I’ll need to be more careful about what foods are in the house, yes. I see that. And my husband needs to help because he likes to buy big boxes of snack cakes and they’re so convenient in a hurry. But even if I just don’t gain, even if I lose weight very slowly, it’s better than doing nothing.
So thank you very much for this video.
Thanks so much for your heartfelt comment! Apologies for taking a few days to reply, I've been busy and wanted to make sure I had enough time to sit down and write a response.
I appreciate you sharing the personal details. I too am right around 5'8" and normally averaged at around 250 most of my adult life. Also, no shame at all regarding fashion! When my wife is at home she spends 99% of the time wearing pajama pants and funny t-shirts. ^_^
I'm glad my experience resonated with you. I feel similar about advice I've heard from doctors and fitness experts and dieticians. Every bit of advice was either for specific diet programs or general nutrition advice, but no one ever approached it from a mental approach. As I've heard some people put it - 'weight loss is simple in principle: eat fewer calories than you burn and you'll lose weight.' But the biggest hurdle is the mental one. You have to make a mental change in order to make a physical change. And for me, understanding ADHD and my impulses helped explain WHY I'm prone to certain behaviors. And understanding that helps me to understand that I'm not doomed to fail, it's just a part of how my brain functions. Having an understanding of WHY gets rid of that feeling of thinking I'm an idiot or that something is fundamentally wrong with me and preventing me from making change. And having the information on hunger and fullness explained in a clear, logical way that I could comprehend made all the difference because I finally had an understanding of these issues! You can't make a change if you don't understand what the issue is in the first place.
Having that understanding allowed me to take matters into my own hands and focus on my own body and my personal needs. I didn't set and exact goal weight, I didn't try to see immediate results... I just stayed focused on taking care of myself and doing better. And the more progress I made, the easier it became to continue making more and more little changes and make more improvement!
The things you mentioned about your weight and issues with your back, feet and more are very relatable for me. I'm not a doctor, but based on my own experience I would imagine if you used a recumbent stationary bike for 30 - 60 minutes at least 5 days a week and practiced mindful eating there's a good chance you'd start to see results in a short amount of time. And if you can make it a habit you'll likely see long-term, sustainable results! Even with boxes of snack cakes in the house, hehe. I still keep cookies and snack cakes in the house, but I've developed the mindset of understanding that because it's not off-limits, that means I can always have it whenever I want... so I don't HAVE to have it right now, or binge on it. And eating more mindfully and slowly when I DO have a dessert or snack cake helps me to savor and appreciate it more in the moment, rather than rushing through it and then wanting another. It's been really helpful for me to avoid over-indulging.
I'm so glad you found my story helpful! Thanks again for sharing!
I need your shirt!! Where can i buy it?!
"When will then be now?"
"Soon!"
Same. Same, same, same. I'll try it.
I hope it helps! Feel free to ask questions along the way if you have any.
You look awesome dude!! I am struggling on losing weight XD I cannot help it I love my sweets I tend to stress eat and ontop of that I work in a Chick-fil-a kitchen. I will say this though I did lose weight three years ago due to being sick but I quickly regained it back and I struggle to loose it but I have tried to cut down on what I eat I eat much less now but I still snack too much XD But addiction can happen with anything for my example its music and video games
Can I also just say: you look awesome and attractive in all the pictures you show, "fat" or "thin". I'm just happy you're healthy!! ^-^
I didn't know that fact about Clash Royale 🤨
The cog is dead.
The weight is down
The rhymes don't come
I have a frow,
oh no! no cushion for the pushin
🤣
I want to make a note to folks here. I weighed 357 at the start of the year. I am 319 today following John.
Wow, that's fantastic! I'm so glad to hear that eating more mindfully is helping you, and that you're seeing those results!
One additional bit of helpful info I'd love to share: I've learned to stop expecting perfection from myself and focused on just staying consistent. In the past I had an all-or-nothing mentality, and if I slipped up, or was having a day or period of time where I felt discouraged, I would give up. By learning that it's OK not to be perfect that helped me a LOT with remembering that I'm focused on improving my health and living a sustainable, healthy life - NOT just the number on the scale. Occasionally I would (and still do) eat more than I intend. But one or two "slip ups" doesn't cause me to revert to my old ways, nor does it cause me to gain back all my weight. Consistency and self-love helps tremendously. Keep up the great work! 😊❤️
@@thecogisdead Thanks, and I’m of a similar mindset when it comes to slip ups. I have my moments but I am doing better, and I’m feeling better. I’m going to keep updating this comment with my progress.
March update, 309. I’m still making progress, I’m going to up my walks from 30 minutes to 45.
@@Mrshadowmind14 Wow, that's incredible progress! I'm so glad that it's going so well for you! Are you noticing any improvements in your energy? I noticed it was much easier to stand up and to move as the weight came off.
@@thecogisdead A little bit more energy, it's getting easier to get up, just not as easy to remember _why_ I got up. The joys of adhd.
you still cute though Sprocketman 💋
I want that ADHD shirt so bad...
Here's where I got mine: www.etsy.com/listing/176909466/adhd-t-shirt
@@thecogisdead Thank you so much! I'm honored that you replied! ^-^
For some reason the photos of you now look almost photoshopped lol.
Maybe it's just, the fact that was such a drastic change, which, great to you, and the feeling is gone on videos, but on photos it's just... it looks kinda off :p
Lol! The new look is taking me some getting used to, as well. ^_^
Are you left handed? Ya got the long nails on one guitar hand like my brother.
Thanks! I'm right handed, actually - but yes, the long nails on my right hand are for playing guitar! I learned from a classical guitar teacher when I was a kid and was taught to play with my fingernails. ^_^
Ahh, you half the man you used to be!
Damn, I just wanted to write that ;)
@@andrzej2501 it only works when you say it like 90's Lo Wang.
John, I hope you're actually a *little* bulkier than that "now" image suggests...
Just slightly. That image is untouched, but it's also a flattering pose. Also I'm currently eating a bit more since I'm working on gaining muscle now, so I'm eating a bit more as I "bulk up." 😁
@@thecogisdead Ok, good, because "emaciated" is never as healthy as "healthy" is. Be well and stay healthy.
@curtishoffmann6956 Thanks! I feel amazing, and my recent doctors visit confirmed that I'm the healthiest I've ever been! I'm eating a balanced diet, exercising, and working hard to take care of myself physically and mentally. 😁